Setting The Table 101

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American
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1. Glasses 2. Each place should be set with all the glasses that will be used duringdinner (except dessert-wine glasses, which may be brought out when thedessert is served). The water glass belongs to the right of the plate, justabove the knife. Wineglasses should be set to the right of the water glassesin the order in which they will be used. 3. China 4. The only pieces of china that should be part of a table setting are thebread plate and a charger, if desired. A charger (or service plate) is apurely decorative oversize plate used to add texture, color, or pattern tothe table. Chargers may be made of china, pewter, brasseven straw orpapier-mch. Food is never served directly on a charger, but a first-coursesoup bowl or salad plate can be set on top of it. The charger should becleared along with the bowl or plate. 5. Silverware 6. A proper silverware setting follows one simple rule, no matter howformal or relaxed the event: Set the silverware on the table in the order itwill be used, from the outside in. The fork for the first course is the onefarthest to the left; to the right of the plate, the knife for the firstcourse is the farthest to the right. Any spoons needed before dessert (say,a soupspoon), should be placed to the right of the knives. Dessert utensilsshould always be placed horizontally above the plate, or they can be broughtin later, with the dessert course.
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